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CCBF member Lavette Mayes is interviewed in this new Mic.com article about the problems with money bail and how bail funds are fighting back against it: “[B]ecause she didn’t have the means [...]

CCBF co-founder Matt McLoughlin was on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara “This is Happening” with Jerry Quickley earlier this week talking about our work and [...]

We’re featured in this news story talking about how many people could be affected by Chief Judge Evans’s new order limiting money bonds to amounts that people can pay. More than 60% [...]

Last night, CCBF posted bond for the 75th person we’ve freed from Cook County Jail or house arrest with electronic monitoring. CCBF remains committed to fighting alongside criminalized [...]

CCBF advocate Lavette Mayes has just published her first piece of writing with the wonderful Truthout! In it, Lavette details her experience in Cook County Jail and at home on electronic [...]

This morning, Governor Rauner signed a bail reform bill. This is NOT the bill we have been consulting on since last summer. We repeat: SB 2034 IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE BAIL REFORM. It will not [...]

On April 12, 2017, CCBF posted $3,000 to free Sherrif from Cook County Jail. Sherrif is a 22-year-old community leader and father of two. He was arrested on April 7, 2017, and a judge set his [...]

We are happy to share with you CCBF’s first ever letter to the editor! Please read and share this short response to recent Tribune articles supporting legislation that will actually [...]

CCBF member Lavette is speaking on this WTTW – Chicago PBS panel next Saturday, May 20th! Come out to the lovely Chicago Cultural Center from 2-4pm for a free screening of Rikers: An [...]

On March 2nd of this year, the Chicago Community Bond Fund posted $5,000 in bond to free Ivan from Cook County Jail. Posting Ivan’s bond allowed him to reunite with his three children, who [...]